Rough Rock

Nodules of this rough come from Nevada just east of Cedarville California. It can have beautiful colors of red, blue, green, plum, magenta, orange, yellow, black, white, and clear. Some people say it's a lot like Morrisonite...

Eastern Oregon is where you will find this odd looking rhyolite stone that looks like leaves collecting on a spider web. This rough is known for having voids throughout and finding good solid cutting slabs is challenging...

Ocean Wave Agate is a recently discovered rough found in Madagascar. In close relation to Ocean Jasper, both were found only 400 yards apart. Ocean Wave Agate ranges in colors of blues, pinks, greens, whites, browns,...

 Are you thinking like me and wonder why you don't see or hear about rock rough from Georgia. I was surprised to see this lace agate for sale and how a place called Taylor's Ridge and James H (Sloppy) Floyd State Park...

  When rockhounding you need to remember there's safety in numbers. Here's a typical letter written by a fellow hound in Utah about one of his gem hunts: >>>Hey, if you are planning a quick trip over to...

Mexico is just amazing in the varieties of gorgeous rocks that make it their home. This is a chunk of stringy moss in an excellent orange/brown and gray that will cut awesome stuff.  -WET pic. -(10.6 oz.)  no...

This Wood Limb cast Chalcedony from Texas Springs Nevada is incredibly beautiful cabbing material and it also makes great display pieces while you muster up the nerve to cut these awesome examples of wood...

  Petrified wood was formed 225 million years ago during the Triassic period and is 4 times as hard as granite and very colorful, due to the effect of impurities such as iron, manganese, copper and lithium present...

This is new from Chihuahua, Mexico and is named after the famous blanket. It's an awesome porcelain like jasper that has unreal colors, swirls, blotches and patterns that make you do a double- take when you see it. Hard...

Rivers flow through Northwest Arkansas and the Ozark Mountains tower above the Buffalo National River that gets its start here in the Ozarks. There's plenty of fishing and other recreational fun. Back home mountain towns dot...